By Ryan Signorino
Staff Writer
The St. Bonaventure University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams finished in seventh place and tenth place at the Atlantic 10 Swimming and Diving Championships with scores of 391 and 187.5.
12 Bonnies swam in finals for their individual events, and four found themselves on the podium.
Senior Michael White completed a trifecta, winning all three of his individual events, earning first in the men’s 200-butterfly with a time of 1:47.80, setting a school record and hitting an NCAA B cut time.
Junior Devon McFadden took second in the women’s 200-backstroke in a time of 1:59.09, setting the school record in the event for the second straight time. Her time also was an NCAA B cut time in the event.
Senior Preston Schilling picked up third in the men’s 200-breaststroke with a time of 1:59.98 and freshman Austin Childs placed third in men’s three-meter diving.
Finishing just behind Schilling in the 200-breaststroke to take fourth was fellow senior Matt Goettler, with a time of 2:00.27. Freshman Nick Burdo placed tenth in the men’s 100-freestyle consolation finals, finishing with a time of 45.41.
In the men’s 200-butterfly consolation finals, sophomore Eddie Donovan and freshman Guido Balderrama finished ninth and tenth with times of 1:49.55 and 1:51.06, respectively. In the men’s 200-backstroke consolation finals, sophomore Jack Pietrucha took eleventh and junior Matt Taccard took fourteenth in times of 1:50.17 and 1:51.02.
Junior Maria Rocchi placed eleventh in the women’s 200-breaststroke consolation finals in a time of 2:18.10, and in men’s three-meter diving sophomore Ryan McLaughlin placed eleventh in the consolation finals with a score of 255.40.
The final event of the tournament was the 400-freestyle relay. The men’s team of sophomore Robert Marshall, White, Burdo and freshman David Shakhnazarov finished fourth with a time of 2:59.92. The women’s relay of McFadden, senior Bridget Jordan, sophomore Rachel Taylor and freshman Katie Godlewski came tenth in a time of 3:29.22.
George Washington University won the men’s meet with a score of 562.5, and Richmond University won their seventh straight women’s title with a score of 570.
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